Clothes-line prop



(N9 Model.)

S. KEELING. CLOTHES LINE PROP.

N0. 443,618. Patented Dec. 30, 189 0.

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SQUIRE KEELING, OF SPRINGFIELD, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO TERRENOE J. (JONDON, OF SANGAMON COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

CLOTHES-LINE PROP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 443,618, dated December 30, 1890.

Application filed May 3,1890, Serial No. 350,524. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SQUIRE KEELING, a citi-. zen of the United Statesof America, residing at Springfield, in the county of Sangamon and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Clothes-Line Props; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and

[O to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in props for supporting clotheslines; and the purpose of my invention is to provide simple and effective means for retaining the hold of the prop on the line in whatever position the prop may be placed; also, to provide means for adjusting the jaws of the prop to the line with which the prop is used; also, to provide means for elevating the line to any desired height and holding it in position. This I accomplish by the mechanism herein described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side View of the upper end of my prop, showing the relative position of the adjustable jaws. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the upper end of the prop.

Similar letters refer to the same parts in both figures.

In the drawings, part of the staff, which may be of any convenient length, is shown broken away. Near the upper end of the staff E, of any suitable length, is a longitudinal opening A, of sufficient length and width to give proper elasticity to the jaws E, so that 3 5 the clothes-line may be inserted or removed at pleasure. The upper ends F of the jaws E slant toward the transverse hole D. A sawcut extends from the hole D to the opening A, thereby forming two jaws E, independent of each other, but both integral with the staff E. If the jaws shrink or become too pliable from continued use they may be drawn together and their elasticity increased by screwing up the nut on the bolt 13, and, on the contrary, if they are too rigid the nut maybe loosened.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a clothes-line prop, the combination of the staff E, provided with a longitudinal opening A, the integral resilient jaws E, having notched and inclined ends, and the adjusting-bolt B, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose stated.

This specification signed and witnessed this 25th day of March, 1890.

SQUIRE KEELING.

lVitnesses:

JAMES M. GRAHAM, R. E. HAMBAUGH. 

